Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among them are outstanding objects from the Olmec , Aztec and Maya civilisations including a turquoise Aztec mosaic mask in the form of two intertwined rattlesnakes , painted codices from pre-Hispanic times , among them the Codex Zouche , stone architectural fragments from Mayan sites and jades from the Olmec period . |
| 2 | Paul Moriarty , Jonathan Griffiths and Ian Marlow in particular are outstanding players at the top of their form at the moment . ’ |
| 3 | The Law Society may refuse to cancel an RFL 's entry where there are outstanding complaints about the RFL concerning his or her professional conduct or where there are proceedings pending against him or her before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal . |
| 4 | Throughout Davies is responsive to the humour , the provocative argument and the emotion of the piece , and there are outstanding performances in the leading roles . |
| 5 | There are hazel flecks in the blue eyes . |
| 6 | Tekere alleged that four of his supporters had been killed in Harare , and that others had been harassed ; he also claimed there had been administrative irregularities in the polling . |
| 7 | The reason for this discrepancy is not known ; it might be because there are short-term fluctuations in the rate of lava eruption and that recently the rate has been well below the long-term average . |
| 8 | The level of linkage is quite dense in both extracts , but there are striking differences in the choice of devices used in each case . |
| 9 | Even under vastly different social conditions there are striking continuities between the violent interruptions to pre-industrial fairs and festivals , and the customary eruptions during modern Bank Holidays or the weekly carnival of misrule at contemporary football games — where the football rowdy , with his territorial edginess , mascots , emblems and choral arrangements in the ‘ rough music ’ tradition , must seem like the incarnation of the unruly apprentice , or the late Victorian ‘ Hooligan ’ . |
| 10 | To the casual observer the layout of the plant and the flexibility introduced by the carriers are striking improvements over the traditional assembly plant with the track making its inexorable progress past every fixed work station , and Volvo claim that the increased cost of building the plant in this way is covered by improvements in quality and productivity . |
| 11 | Unlikely as it may seem , there are striking similarities between the major European languages and Sanskrit . |
| 12 | Unlikely as it may seem , there are striking similarities between the major European languages and Sanskrit . |
| 13 | While there are striking similarities between the two documents regarding the need to promote change while smoothing the process of adaptation , the 1979 report goes beyond its predecessor when it argues for trade union involvement in the decision making over technological change at an early stage through collective bargaining . |
| 14 | It seems reasonably certain that different human brains are not anatomically identical , as different Aplysia brains are , although there are striking similarities in the kinds of neurones present in particular regions of the brain , and in their connections . |
| 15 | The bovine gall bladder model has been studied in our laboratory and we have shown that there are striking similarities in the composition of bovine and human bile apart from cholesterol concentration , which is five times less in cattle compared with human bile ( unpublished data ) . |
| 16 | They are striking symbols of the changeless eternal city . |
| 17 | Given that our Association had been 75 years outside the wider Trade Union Movement , our Delegates were concerned at what type of reception they might receive from the Conference . |
| 18 | When you consider that there are 120 dealers in the are you can appreciate why Bath is second only to London for the serious hunter . |
| 19 | There have been conflicting reports concerning the form of gastrin that is increased in H pylori infection . |
| 20 | All three are inherent components of the natural earth surface processes that occur in arid and semi-arid regions but have been exacerbated by human activity . |
| 21 | There are reserve powers in the Bill to make pensions orders if satisfactory pensions arrangements are not provided by any of the privatised companies . |
| 22 | Of his collaborative works with Herbert , Marble Hill and the White Lodge are classic examples of the first-generation Anglo-Palladian villa , of which the former in particular was to be a highly influential model amongst later designers ; while the bridge at Wilton is one of the most perfect and most memorably inventive of all Anglo-Palladian images , and was to be faithfully copied on four occasions — at Stowe ( by 1742 ) , Prior Park , Bath ( 1756 ) , Hagley ( by 1764 ) , and Amesbury ( 1777 ) . |
| 23 | There had been rich Christians before the time of Constantine , there had been educated or upper-class people to be found in Christian communities , and in growing numbers during the century before Constantine . |
| 24 | There have been understandable worries about the possible effects on houses of rises in groundwater levels once the barrage is built . |
| 25 | The angels with the symbols of the Passion on the cornice are by M. V. Jäckel but there are strange symbols in the metopes , presumably relevant to the Order . |
| 26 | Then there are strange happenings in the castle … |
| 27 | An English City , for example , a caption could appear as Tom Hutchinson climbs the tower saying ‘ There are 275 steps in the tower of York Minster ’ . |
| 28 | The high specificity of IS based polymerase chain reaction tests , for the detection of M paratuberculosis and M avium subsp silvaticum permits these known chronic enteric pathogens to be identified amongst a wide variety of other environmental mycobacteria which are normal inhabitants of the alimentary tract . |
| 29 | Supplementing the common law duties , there are specific responsibilities under the Companies Act 1985 and related legislation ( including the Insolvency Act 1986 ) . |
| 30 | The heregulins and NDF are specific activators of the p185 erbB2 receptor and rhGGF-II activates the phosphorylation of a Schwann cell protein that is similar in size to p185 erbB2 . |